When I was younger, I gazed at the stars at night and wondered how many possessed planets like Earth. Being a Star Trek nerd , I couldn’t help but imagine a universe where stars were fecund and planets were everywhere . But not knowing was agony.
Even better, this story also comes with a twist worthy of an eyebrow-raise from Mr. Spock (accompanied by a flatly intoned “Fascinating”): most planets orbiting distant stars— what we call exoplanets —do not circle around ones like the sun.
Giant Planets Around Small Stars - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope
Leading theories say giant planets shouldn't be able to form around very low-mass stars. But a new study finds that, nevertheless, they do.
In 2019 astronomers found something strange — a gas giant in a very close orbit around a low-mass star , an M dwarf dubbed GJ 3512. The discovery was an anomaly, because there shouldn't have been enough material around the star to form such a big planet in the first place.
2023, May 6: Scorpion Moon, Bright Planets
May 6, 2023: The moon appears to move among the Scorpion's bright stars. Saturn is visible before sunrise, while Venus and Mars shine from the west after sundown.
Chicago, Illinois: Sunrise, 5:41 a.m. CDT; Sunset, 7:55 p.m. CDT. Check local sources for sunrise and sunset times for your location. Times are calculated by the U.S. Naval Observatory's MICA computer program.
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